A committee of UNESCO has decided to register Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and other alcoholic ...

When traveling in Japan, many people look forward to enjoying traditional Japanese drinks like sake, shochu, and awamori. On ...

The alcohol tax rate for awamori is 35 percent lower in Okinawa than the levies applied in mainland Japan, while the rate for beer and other alcoholic drinks is 20 percent lower in the prefecture.